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THEUWMPOST est. 1956

October, 8, 2012

The Student-Run Independent Newspaper

Issue 6, Volume 57

WE NEED YOUR HELP The newspaper industry is dying.

Across the country news outlets are shutting down or limiting publication, and everyone is hurrying to find the next big thing. For better or worse, we’ve entered that race.

We are almost broke. Advertising revenue has been slowly declining over the last three years, and we’ve reached a point where it would be irresponsible to continue on the same track.

Our financial situation is dire.

Projections for the rest of the semester show little hope of profit. We are currently scaling back our print run and our staff has taken a 50 percent pay cut to buy us time. Even with these measures in place, we will be lucky if we can keep printing through November. We would cut printing entirely, but we can’t afford to. Our advertising team is working at full steam to bring in new businesses and we can’t afford to squander any potential source of revenue.

We will print as long as we can support it and no longer.

Online ad revenue is virtually nonexistent. Larger newspapers are restricting online content

to paid subscribers, but this ignores the root of problem, and is antithetical to one of the core values of news: That it be readily available and easily dispersed.

We think there’s a better way.

Already the discussions have begun in the office about what comes next. We are narrowing our sights and trimming back; the next few months will be trying. There is no way for us to continue providing the breadth and depth of coverage we had been, and honestly, that is a damn shame. It is unfortunate for us as journalists and it is unfortunate for all of us in the UWM community.

We challenge you to look back at our work from this last month and decide for yourself whether you are better off with or without us.

We tell your stories.

Never before in our 56 year history have we pursued a student-fee subsidized existence. In fact, at times we have been stubbornly leveled against it. We were spiting our nose to save our face. Financial independence is mean-

student per semester would fund us completely with some to spare. The earliest this funding could be available is next fall, and we are working hard to ensure that our ability to produce content and our editorial policies are protected from fickle student politics. This is your money; make us work for it.

We believe we will be faithful stewards, but we also know that far too often these decisions are made without any real student input.

So we are asking for your feedback.

Tell us what works and what doesn’t, remind us of the stories we missed and let us know if you enjoyed something.

We aren’t asking you to buy into an antiquated model. We are committed to redefinition and innovation. Our staff has been challenged to think of the

Circumstance has forced us out of our old mindset and now it’s anything goes. We want your next few months as an experiment.

ideas. We are certain that the future of news media won’t be invented by marketing whizzes or the struggling news monoliths. It will be built and perfected right here, by students like us.

We believe that news outlets are essential members of a community and not outside observers. The future of news media lies in open doors and engaging News is no longer one-way.

dialogue, in and out of the newsroom. The most important part of this is that it is no longer journalists who will dictate the form of news media. Rather, all news becomes collaborative as together we work to chronicle and interpret our shared community.

The Post is entering a critical transition, and we are both preceded and will be followed by major newspapers everywhere. We are abandoning an old model and setting sail without a map for someplace better. Steve Buttry, an online media commentator, perhaps put the situation best in his essay, “Students already consume news media digital-first; student media should follow suit.”

Buttry says, “The choice for student media is simple: Slide ingless when it cripples our ability to serve the community. into irrelevancy even faster than professional media that A subsidized paper with the reach to accurately cover complex issues is far fail to adapt, or race into the digital future and help show better than a poor, limited one. In fact, it is what this campus deserves. them the way.”

We are working with the Student Association to set up a model where a student fee covers some or all of our operations. As we function now, $3 per

We agree wholeheartedly, and with or without your help, the race is on.

Zach Erdmann, Editor-in-Chief I Steve Garrison, Managing Editor I Tyler Rembert, Business Manager I Jonny Grigg, Advertising Director I Caitlin PenzeyMoog, News Editor Justin Jabs, Assistant News Editor I Stephanie Schmidt, Assistant News Editor I Steve Franz, Co-Fringe Editor I Kevin Kaber, Co-Fringe Editor Tony Atkins, Sports Editor I Audrey Posten, Editorial Editor I Zak Wosewick, Photography Editor I Lucas Hubansk, Distribution Manager Cathylynne Ahlgren, Production Editor I Marquayla Ellison, Page Designer I Inna Zilberman, Auxiliary Designer I Brad Poling, Copy Chief Staci Scheibel, Copy Editor I Taylor Thomas, Copy Editor I Andrew Megow, Comics Editor Tim Posl, Account Executive I Shannon Ford, Account Executive

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By Steve Garrison Managing Editor news@uwmpost.com

Looking Back: The History of the UWM Post

By Maegan Krause Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com This issue marks the beginning of National Newspaper Week, a 72-yearold tradition that began in 1940. It has since been sponsored by the Newspaper Association Managers, a professional organization that strives to address challenges and opportunities facing the newspaper industry. NAM has announced this year’s theme: “Newspapers - The Cornerstone of Your Community.”

In observation of National Newspaper Week, and in honor of this year’s theme, we at the Post would like to take a look back at the history of our university’s newspaper, which has been the “cornerstone” of the UW-Milwaukee community for over 50 years.

In 1956 the Milwaukee State Teachers College merged with the Milwaukee Extension Center of the University of Wisconsin to form UWM, Milwaukee’s first metropolitan university. The two newspapers of these original schools, the Badger Record and the Wisconsin State Times also merged, forming UWM’s first student newspaper – the UWM Post.

On Sept. 26, 1956 the Post published its first issue. The content of these early issues included marriage announcements in a section named the “Hitchin’ Post;” a weekly comic named “Joe and Otis;” one page of sports news for the previously named UWM Cardinals; and sto-

ries covering on-campus activities and local events in the Milwaukee area. To give a better idea of what topics made UWM news back in the 1956/1957 school year, here is a list of some popular headlines that ran during the first year of publication: • Gulls Migrate Into Oblivion; Students Pick New Mascot (Sept.26,1956, Vol.1 No.1) • Two Schools Now ‘Side By Side’ Observe First UWM Homecoming (Oct.3,1956, Vol.1 No.2) • Red Flannels to Velvet – That’s Homecoming ‘56 Style (Oct.10, 1956, Vol.1 No.3) • Student Registration Increases to 4,500 (Oct.17,1956, Vol.1 No.4) • Cardinals ‘Fumble’ Away Homecoming (Oct.17,1956, Vol.1 No.4) Smoke Won’t Get in Eyes at UWM (March 7,1957, Vol.1 No.19) • Regents Decide Kenwood Expansion (April 11,1957 Vol.1 No.24) • Regents OK 3 Buildings For Campus (Summer Post, July 25,1957, Vol.1 No.2) • ‘Boycott’ Pastor To Speak in City (Summer Post, Aug.1,1957, Vol.1 No.3) (“‘Boycott’ Pastor” refers to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who spoke in Milwaukee about the bus boycott) As we enter into National Newspaper Week, it is important to remember the history of our university’s first, and only newspaper - the Post. This year, the Post has revamped the online news site, and

A 1957 cartoon addressed the frequent confusion of the paper’s name has also begun actively using social media as an additional tool to keep the UWM community informed. The Post has always been a student-run and financially independent paper. However, with this independence comes many challenges, including a high staff turnover rate and

the pressures of maintaining funds to ensure weekly publication. As the search to provide our paper with new means of financial sustainability begins, the Post will continue to provide the campus and the surrounding community with highquality news.

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Community members support police tactics at town hall meeting

Alderman: licenses, landlords and drunks still to be addressed

By Caitlin PenzeyMoog News Editor news@uwmpost.com

Residents responded to the UWMilwaukee Blitz and aired more concerns regarding the East Side at a town hall meeting last Tuesday involving Alderman Nic Kovac, Capt. Stephen Basting and Chief Edward Flynn, state Rep. Chris Larson and UWM representatives from

the Neighborhood Housing Office, C.O.A.S.T. and the Student Association.

Milwaukee Police Department’s First District Capt. Basting expressed optimism about the Blitz.

“I was very pleasantly surprised by last Saturday night,” he said. “There were still house parties and still groups of students walking back and forth, but they were respectful.”

On that weekend, 13 people were

arrested, 12 of whom were students.

This is a reduction from the first week of the Blitz, when 39 people were arrested, 25 of whom were students.

Overall, he said the campaign went well and was surprised by what he considered a low number of arrestees.

“I only arrested 102 people,” he said. “I thought we’d arrest more.”

MPD Police Chief Flynn made a guest appearance, putting Basting’s crusade in

the larger context of creating a safe city.

“We’re also happy to report there’s been very little crime against the students this year. One aspect of this wasn’t just to prevent them from getting into mischief and making your lives miserable,” he said.

“Drunken, stupid students are premier crime victims who find themselves getting mugged or beaten.”

He commended Capt. Basting on “putting a wrinkle in the traditional strategy”

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Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn referred to students living in the UWMilwaukee campus area as “guests” because they don’t own property or pay property taxes, in a letter sent to Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Michael Laliberte and the Student Association on Sept. 21.

Flynn also defended the month-long increased police presence on the East Side in the letter, provided to the Post by the Student Association.

“We have attempted discussion, education, alternatives and employed other less effective methods,” he wrote. “It appears our strict enforcement and new practice of taking violators into custody are the strategies that have the greatest impact on the disorder.”

First District Police Capt. Stephen Basting said the increased police presence has been effective – fewer tickets have been issued in the last month – but reiterated that the strategy will not work long term.

“I don’t believe that we can ticket our way out of this,” Basting said. “The change is going to have to come from within the students.”

Flynn saved his strongest words for students living on the East Side.

“I view your students as ‘guests,’ since most do not own property in Milwaukee and they do not directly contribute to the tax base,” he said. “As guests, they should be exhibiting appropriate conduct.”

Basting said he stood behind the chief ’s assessment that students are guests and said police will keep up pressure in the neighborhoods throughout the rest of the semester.

Eleven officers will be assigned to the campus area every week on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, he said.

Vice Chancellor for University Relations Tom Luljak said the increased police presence, which resulted in 102 arrests, has been effective in building student awareness of the issue.

“We appreciate the fact that the police, in stepping up this fall, have made it clear that it is important that students act as respectable tenants.”

However, he said that Flynn’s characterization of students as guests was “ just wrong.”

“Students are just as much citizens of the city of Milwaukee as property owners,” Luljak said. “Our students contribute directly to the health and vitality of the city.”

Luljak pointed out that although students may not directly pay property taxes, a portion of their rent does contribute to the city’s coffers. Students also work in the community and volunteer at local charities and nonprofits.

“There are a lot of nonprofits who rely on student volunteers for support … and I don’t think they would consider students as guests,” he said.

SA President Tereza Pelicaric issued a statement saying she was “appalled” by the sentiments expressed in Flynn’s letter.

“I have always been diplomatic, wanting to have an open conversation about solutions, but I struggle to believe that putting our students on display for public humiliation is a solution…” she wrote.

Pelicaric wrote that the chief ’s attitude illustrated “biased beliefs” against students and any further progress on the issue could be stunted as a result of his remarks.

The letter, available online, was sent in response to a request by Laliberte to meet with Basting to discuss student concerns.

The SA was also expected to take part in the discussion.

Flynn also discussed the benefits of increased police presence for the university, writing that the visible presence of officers, along with proactive education components, has reduced victimization of students.

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brownie points Christy Brown to be the new chief executive officer for GSWISE

By Stephanie Schmidt Assistant News Editor news@uwmpost.com

Christy Brown, the vice chancellor of finance and administrative affairs at UWMilwaukee, will be joining the Girl Scouts of Wisconsin Southeast as their new chief executive officer.

“We are confident in Christy’s abilities to lead our organization into its second century,” Joan Shafer, chair of the GSWISE search committee, said in a press release.

The GSWISE is currently ranked fourth in the nation for market share. It also started to increase Girl Scouting in urban neighborhoods in fall 2011, and recently put out a “Latina Initiative,” to get more girls interested in scouting.

“Christy is the right person at the right time for our organization,” GSWISE Board of Directors Chair Kathleen O’Brien said in a press release. “She has a tremendous track record and her visionary leadership is going to be invaluable.”

Brown will begin her role with the Girl Scouts at the end of this month, replacing Molly Fueller who resigned in May. “I’m eager to work with our girl members, volunteers, board of directors and staff as the organization embarks on a new century of empowering girls,” Brown said in a written interview with The Business Journal.

Brown has been working at UWM since 2007. She has been in charge of all non-academic operations, as well as the liaison for business and finance for the UWSystem. She has previously worked for the Milwaukee Area Technical College, the Southeast Region of Lutheran Social Services of WI and Upper Michigan, as well as a Milwaukee-area law firm.

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Walk like an Olympian

Gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson visits

By Atheana Albrect Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson and the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon organization hosted a five-kilometer “Fun Run” at UW-Milwaukee on Oct. 3.

The run was held to highlight the new documentary about Samuelson, titled There is No Finish Line, which Nike just released. The film narrates the troubles and hardships that Samuelson went through to achieve her gold medal in the 1984 Olympics.

The free, public event began at 5:30 p.m. with the 5K run, followed by the premier of Samuelson’s documentary at

7:00 p.m., and ending with a short question and answer segment.

Samuelson won the first women’s Olympic marathon in 1984, and thus started her career as a marathon runner. Since then, she has run in and won the Chicago Marathon and two Boston Marathons.

Today Samuelson is working on what she quotes as being her “vision”. In her home state of Massachusetts, she is helping to refurbish an old mental health facility that had been left to go to ruins, hoping that it will be turned into a sustainable endurance training and health center.

“My idea is to bring in the sports of cycling, running and triathlon,” Samuelson said of the center. “Also, to bring in grass

roots programs, and to bring in an elite athlete and residence program.”

One audience member asked Samuelson what had kept her so strong through all of her injuries and obstacles that she had to endure in getting the gold.

While she did attribute much of her success to perseverance, she left the audience with one piece of advice: “Know when you need to take a break and when you really need to push yourself, and that can only be determined if you know yourself well enough to know to make those decisions,” Samuelson said. “However, you can’t push hard all the time. Live your dreams, follow your heart and find people who share your passion with you.”

New panthers travel 18,000 kilometers Chinese partnership is mutually beneficial

By Ciera Sutton Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com UW-Milwaukee has developed a new relationship with China to bring students to Milwaukee.

The CERNET partnership allows Chinese students to attend UWM to earn a diploma while experiencing a different culture.

China is the highest populated country in the world with 1.4 billion people. According to the president of the UWM Chinese Students and Scholars Association, Ziyu Li, most parents want their child to get the best education possible. He believes that more and more Chinese families will opt to have their child study abroad. Li is a senior at UWM and majors in finance.

“China has a one-child policy, so Chinese parents want their precious baby to obtain the elite education experience, which is in the U.S.,” Li said.

Li commented on UWM’s financial

shortage and how Chinese students will help “fill the gap” in the university’s financial situation.

“With the new trend of international students coming, it will lead to a more international UWM,” he said.

Through the CERNET partnership, qualified students from China are recruited to study at the UWM campus. CERNET is a large scale enterprise founded by the Chinese Ministry of Education. This enterprise has many connections with the universities and high schools of China. The first 30 students arrived on campus this fall, but more are expected in the 2013 spring semester.

If the partnership goes as planned, UWM will gain at least 150 students a year and 75 percent of them will graduate with a degree. CERNET also offers a Chinese student support group called the Wisconsin International Academy.

When students are recruited from China, they first take an English proficiency test. If they pass, students go on to take general education and major

specific courses like any other UWM undergraduate. Students who do not test proficient will be placed in UWM’s Intensive English Program to improve.

Some Chinese students are returning students who started school in China and came to graduate here, and some are first year students.

Associate Vice Chancellor Dev Venugopalan said the relationship fosters diversity and generates needed revenue for the university. The students use their own money for most of their expenses and pay out-of-state tuition.

“With this money the university can hire more teachers for smaller class sizes and create more student support groups,” Venugopalon said.

The partnership “enriches the internationalization of UWM as well as the students overall cultural experience,” according to Venugopalon. With the partnership between China and UWM, both parties will gain professional experience with cultural exposure.

CHEESE AS OLD AS THE GASTHAUS At the Wisconsin Cheese Mart in Milwaukee, customers can sample cheese that is as old as the Gasthaus.

The rare cheddar is 40 years old and was tasted by 15 patrons. The cheese was discovered in the spring after being accidentally hidden away due to storage issues. It is the oldest cheese commercially available, according to the website.

PREGNANCY RATES DROPPING Teen pregnancy rates in Milwaukee are dropping. After being ranked the second worst in the country in 2006, the rate has dropped 30 percent in the past four years. The goal is to reduce by 46 percent by 2015. United Way put up advertisements at bus stops in the city encouraging parents to talk to their children.

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Architecture professor wins UW Regents

Teaching Excellence Award

“We experience buildings with our whole bodies, not just our eyes and brains,” Don Hanlon said.

By Dominique Lambright Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com Don Hanlon, a professor of architecture at UW-Milwaukee, received one of two $5,000 awards that are given to faculty and academic staff members at UW-System institutions in recognition of outstanding career achievement in teaching.

Hanlon was born in Bolivia, but grew up on the east coast of the United States. He went to a Quaker high school, which influenced him to want to help people at an early age.

After high school, he attended Cornell University in New York, where he found interest in the unique way in which architecture design was taught. He graduated from Cornell in 1972.

Hanlon pursued painting and sculpture for several years. He had exhibitions in New York City, Kansas City and Los Angeles. In 1977, he returned from traveling to study for a graduate degree in architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle.

In Seattle, Hanlon was given his first opportunity to teach. After graduating, he got his first full time teaching job at Texas Tech University. He has been teaching at UWM since 1987.

Hanlon has experimented with many teaching techniques. One he thinks is important is that body movement increases the flow of creativity.

“Architecture is, however, essentially a sensual art,” Hanlon said. “We experience buildings with our whole bodies, not just our eyes and brains.

We feel comfortable or not in them due to their relation to our bodies in respect to proportion, light air, heat, views and how we are allowed to

interact with other people. So I believe it is essential for aspiring architects to be acutely aware of how their bodies interact with the environment around them, including other people.”

Hanlon has used many techniques in order to work with students in a broad range of situations, from oneon-one mentoring of graduate thesis students to teaching one of the largest lecture courses in the university (ARCH 101).

Hanlon said it might be because of the broad range of innovations in his teaching that the UW-System thought he stood out from the 9,800 teachers in the system for the second time.

Hanlon has engaged students in design work for non-profit community organizations in Milwaukee, completing many projects for clients who were unable to afford his services.

Hanlon said that he is proud and honored; the award is a remarkable recognition of one’s teaching skills.

Students have gone to Turkey and Europe with him, and many of his studio students have won local, regional, national and even international awards for work they have completed under his direction.

Hanlon also said that the success he achieved is not all because of him, it is partially due to the extraordinary degree of tolerance and respect that he has for the department of architecture, UWM and the UW-System as a whole.

Some of Hanlon’s students have said that he has had a positive impact on their personal and professional development. He is a teacher that has put his heart and soul into what he loves to do.

Packers honor Figueroa

NFL donates $3,000 to

UWM Foundation scholarships

By Blanca Picasso Special to the Post News@uwmpost.com The Green Bay Packers honored Enrique E. Figueroa with the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award this past Sunday at the Packers vs.

New Orleans Saints game.

Figueroa is an associate professor and the director of the Roberto Hernandez Center at UWMilwaukee. The center provides “academic services that promote Latino student success,” according to their website.

“I felt great. I’m glad somebody would take time to nominate me and do research and look into my background. I felt honored,” Figueroa said.

The award is part of the NFL’s involvement in celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. The NFL and the Hispanic Heritage Foundation have partnered for the second annual Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award. The award recognizes the contributions of Hispanic Leaders in each NFL market.

“The fact that the National Football League has decided to honor a Latino leader in each of the teams’

communities is great,” Figueroa said.

“I’m very proud this is going on.”

Along with the honor, the recipient selects an organization that serves the Hispanic community to receive a $3,000 donation. Figueroa chose to donate the money to the UWM Foundation to be used towards scholarships.

Figueroa believes the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award casts a positive light on the Hispanic community nationwide.

“It’s important that anybody interested in the development of the Latino community make note of this award and witness as more national organizations extend similar awards because the Hispanic community is playing a larger part in our country,” Figueroa said.

Figueroa has been at UWM since January of 2002. Along with his role as director of the Roberto Hernandez Center, he also teaches Latino Studies 101. Figueroa is actively involved with local community and national organizations, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters and the United States Department of Agriculture.

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New media

policy for SA Media law professor calls

policy “anti-democratic”

By Justin Jabs Assistant News Editor news@uwmpost.com The Student Association of Milwaukee has a new policy for communication with media outlets. Any contact between SAM individuals and the media must go through Communications Director Matt Bird.

The policy, which was first shared with the UWM Post in an email on Oct. 3, dictates that questions must be submitted prior to an in-person interview or the interview will be declined.

Additionally, members are instructed not to answer impromptu questions under the new policy. Questions are to be emailed to Bird, who will “return the quote/comment to the media on behalf of the individual within 24 hours,” according to Bird.

“No communication should take place between any member of The UWM Post and the Student Association of Milwaukee without my approval,” Bird said.

The policy is intended to “streamline” all communication with the media, according to Bird.

“Through our communication process we are able to keep a constant truthful message that stays true to SAM,” Bird wrote in an email. “The students of UWMilwaukee deserve to have a student

association that is transparent and we are here to fulfill our obligation.”

David Pritchard is a professor of media law at UWM. He called SAM’s media policy “anti-democratic.”

“This is the way a third-world dictatorship deals with the media,” Pritchard said. “The SA shouldn’t be afraid of freedom of the press.”

Bird wrote he “will respond as soon as possible, coordinating the meeting time between the Post and the individual.”

Requests to meet with five SAM members were submitted on Oct. 5 and not responded to in 48 hours. At 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, Bird replied stating that times for interviews would be communicated on Monday, Oct. 8.

The interview requests were for President Tereza Pelicaric, Deputy Speaker of the Senate Taylor Scott, Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Ludwig, Chief Justice Nickolas McCall and Media Relations and Communications Specialist Stephanie Perleberg.

A direct request to Scott to meet was averted. Scott stated Bird “handles all media inquiries.” The job description for SAM’s Communications Director states the pay rate for the position is $9,000.

“What is the Student Association trying to hide?” Pritchard asked. “Certainly the representatives of the student body should be able to talk to reporters, if they want to.”

When medical meets avatar Enhancing the health of the world virtually

By Kamisha Harris Special to the Post news@uwmpost.com While suffering from an illness, imagine bundling up against the cold, fighting with traffic, looking for a parking space and waiting to be called at the doctor’s office to be treated. Thanks to recent technological research, patients can stay at home and be diagnosed using an avatar.

An avatar is a graphic representation of a person created online. It helps clients emphasize their medical problems in a private manner, without spreading germs or harming others. Due to the tele-presence theory, the patients will feel as if they are actually in the doctor’s office. The social-presence theory is supported when the patients are engaging with one another, making the trip to the doctor a different experience.

Six years ago, principal investigator Fatemah “Mariam” Zahedi, taught a web based seminar at the UW-Milwaukee with Nitin Walia, a PhD alumnus and consultant for this research project. About one year later, the thesis between the two was created.

Zahedi shared an interest of technology and second life, known as virtual life, with Walia. Prior to Zahedi teaming up with the Medical College of Wisconsin, she was a part of many grant collaborations at UWM. There is an island that has a theme of MCW in the second life. The avatar is able to walk around from building to building, doctor’s office to x-ray room; whatever doctors need, it’s available in this world—in the medical sense, of course. The patient has the option to be seen by a physician in a

group with other patients experiencing similar symptoms. This reduces the time that is spent waiting to see a physician during flu season for example. The physician can recommend several different things to the group in order to help fight their illnesses.

With the question of privacy at hand, patients can meet with a physician over the web with an anonymous name and on a one-on-one basis. With fictitious names, patients are more likely to be more open about what they are experiencing. The online doctor visit requires an appointment; walk-ins for emergency situations are also available via the avatar.

One of the first stages began with recruiting volunteer physicians and clients.

There were symptoms present such as the flu along with other diseases such as acne. The physicians and clients are randomly selected from all over the world and their voices are broadcasted to one another as they communicate via web and avatar. Data was collected slowly so that the results were carefully recorded. One important factor that Zahedi discusses is management.

A massive amount of human physiology research is to be applied during this study as well as solid, well-designed research. As the study aims towards making healthcare accessible to everyone, it is not meant to replace traditional medical care but to serve more people in a timely manner. Research for this project was conducted at MCW. Zahedi and her team struggled with late nights and early mornings to make this research development worth it. The results were “positively reflected,” according to Zahedi, and the research project continues on.

TOWN HALL

continued from page 1 by coming up with the idea to arrest and process people, as opposed to the ticket and release strategy used in the past.

“This might actually get through their alcohol-blazed brains and realize that this is serious business,” he said.

Basting told residents he plans on enacting a similar strategy to other neighborhoods near campus in the future.

“I’ll continue to do what I’m doing, and I’m hoping each weekend we’ll arrest less and less people,” he said.

Andy Josephson of UWM’s Office of Neighborhood Relations told the audience that the Dean of Students was meeting with students who got arrested.

“In addition, I personally call every landlord where something happened and I ask them to talk with their student tenants to make sure this doesn’t happen in the future,” he said.

The Neighborhood Housing Office Director Jessica Berndt explained the NHO and C.O.A.S.T. contact the students who had house parties to answer their questions and bring them up to speed about the repercussions.

Several residents voiced strong opinions about UWM’s role. They want the university to punish students for their off-campus behavior. Berndt said that through Chapter 17 the university has the power to take academic sanctions, from written reprimands all the way up to suspension or expulsion.

They again expressed this to Rep. Larson, who took questions regarding the state’s role. One resident said Chapter 17, which allows universities to punish students for non-academic misconduct, was “watered down” and “not useful.” Another asked Larson to “change the rules to give Chapter 17 some teeth.”

Larson promised he would bring it up at his next meeting with the Board or Regents.

Last week the Post reported that Chapter 17 can include harsher academic sanctions and each UW school interprets how they use it individually. Assistant Dean of Students Daniel Kast said that since recidivism is not common, the university has interpreted Chapter 17 to include a written reprimand and take an educational over punitive approach.

None of the residents, Berndt or Rep. Larson mentioned this.

SA Speaker of the Senate Jesse Brown and Neighborhood Committee Chair Steve Heimerl spoke on the SA’s efforts to educate students about the problem.

“It’s really a lack of education, and a lack of common sense,” Heimerl said.

“They don’t enjoy waking other people up, it’s that they get too drunk and their behavior reflects that.”

The town hall also focused on landlords, North Avenue bars and liquor licenses. Many residents voiced concerns about three new liquor licenses granted to East Side establishments over the summer.

“We don’t need more drunken people on North Avenue,” said Steve Klebar, the president of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association. “At a certain point in time, we add to our own problems. It’s insanity.”

“The [North Avenue] bars just fuel the fire,” echoed another resident.

Kovac said a thriving entertainment district is important for the area, but that he shares the concerns of residents getting woken up at bar time by loud, drunken people.

Basting said he believes binge drinking is at the root of the problem, and wants to work with area bars to curtail $1 dollar shot specials and hold bars culpable for continuing to serve people who are too drunk.

“For me, there are still these three prongs to address,” Kovac said.

“Licensing, landlords, and dealing with people being drunk and misbehaving. I think we’re making progress.”

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Men’s soccer pulls out win in overtime thriller

Panthers stay perfect at home in fourth consecutive overtime game

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By Joe Horning Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com On a bone chilling Saturday night, the UW-Milwaukee men’s soccer team hosted the UI-Chicago Flames. After three consecutive overtime games, the Panthers continued the trend with a fourth overtime battle. Only a minute into the overtime period, the Panthers

scored in thrilling fashion to win.

Starting on Saturday, the Panthers were 4-4-1 (0-0-2 Horizon League).

However, the Panthers had their undefeated home advantage as motivation.

They played aggressively throughout, taking 20 shots, seven of them on goal.

UWM started out strong, taking a shot in the second minute of play. In the 34th minute, sophomore Zach Stevenson scored the first goal on an assist from ju-

nior James Ashcroft. In the 40th minute, on a shot attempt by UIC, senior goalkeeper John Shakon went down. Shakon’s backup, freshman Connor Revsbeck, performed admirably for the remainder of the game, including some acrobatic grabs on a couple of corner kicks.

Following halftime, UIC came roaring back, dominating the ball inside UWM territory. This culminated in a goal by UIC’s Ivan Stanisavljevic. After

that, UWM renewed their aggressive tactics.

Despite some brutal back and forth shooting, the score remained tied at one for the remainder of the second half, leading the Panthers to their fourth consecutive overtime game of the season.

They were looking to improve after tying the last two and losing the first. A little over a minute into the overtime period, sophomore Laurie Bell had a free kick

that senior Jamie Bladen headed into the goal to give the Panthers their first conference win of the season. After the game, James Ashcroft said the team was happy with the win.

“At times, UIC was the better team, but we won 2-1 so I can’t complain,” Ashcroft said.

The Panthers are back in action this Wednesday in Madison, where they will take on the University of Wisconsin.

Men’s soccer

Women’s soccer mid-season report card mid-season report card Horizon title still in sight for womens team

Mens season roundup with six games left

By Alex Maring Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com

There is about one month left for the UW-Milwaukee men’s soccer team to finish strong before the start of the Horizon League Tournament. With the start of a new coaching regime and host of younger players, they know that there is enough time for them to climb from fourth place in the Horizon League standings. But will they?

The Panthers are just over .500 so far at 5-4-2. They have faced some pretty tough competition on the road. They lost the Milwaukee Cup in a close 3-2 match at the red-hot No. 9 Marquette Golden Eagles on Aug. 24. The Panthers had yet another tough opponent in No. 25 Xavier, losing that match 3-1 on Sept. 9. Later, the Panthers would lose yet again to No. 18 Northwestern, yet another ranked opponent. Northwestern would beat the Panthers 2-0 Sept. 16. Standing at 1-4 on the road, the Panthers are still fighting for success away from Engelmann Field.

However, a bright sign for the men’s soccer team is that they stand tall, compiling 4-0 record at home, showing that Engelmann Field is a tough place to play for opponents.

The men’s soccer team has a lot of young players. In fact, there are only four seniors on the roster this year. Laurie Bell, the sophomore from Poynton, England, leads the team with 14 total points and five goals this season. Bell is having a good season and is the first UWM player since 2007 to record a point in five straight games. Declan Rodriguez, a freshman from Vancouver, British Columbia is playing great in 2012. Rodriguez came up big and scored a goal in each of the first two games of the season. He is only the second freshman to score a goal in the first two games of the season in Milwaukee’s history.

There are six games left in the 2012 regular season for the Panthers. The competition is about to heat up as the Panthers play four of six games against their Horizon League opponents. The Panthers have had a tough schedule so far but they have displayed some impressive moments along the way. The Panthers will host four out of their final seven games this season at Engelmann Field. If the Panther’s loyal fans can get out to Engelmann Field to help create that big home field advantage, it will help the Panthers to victory as they make a run in the Horizon League.

Grade: C+

By R.C. Weich III Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com

With a .500 record in Horizon League play, the UW-Milwaukee women’s soccer team (3-7-1, 2-2-0 Horizon) heads into its last four games of the season against all Horizon League opponents.

After a 1-0 win against Valparaiso last Wednesday on the road, UWM returns to Engelmann Stadium to face Loyola Oct. 10.

During Wednesday’s win, goalkeeper Jamie Forbes picked up her fourth shutout of the season and 24th of her career.

Of eight shots, only one of Valparaiso’s shots was on goal.

In 2012, UWM has encountered some close calls. In September alone, the team lost four games by only one goal, including two of those in overtime.

Kelly Lewers, a sophomore forward from Homewood, Illinois, leads the team with three goals and four assists.

Forbes has played all 11 games and with her four shutouts she has also compiled a .750 save percentage.

In five home games the team has attracted 2,167 members in the audiences, averaging 433 a game.

First-year coach Greg Henschel, formerly of UW-Whitewater, took over in January. While it hasn’t been the smooth-

Photo courtesy of Milwaukee Panthers est transition over from the Warhawks, there is more to be seen from this group of Panthers who dominated one year ago.

In 2011, under head coach Michael Moynihan, the team went 19-3, a school record for wins.

UWM has four games to prove they can play at Valparaiso’s (8-4-1, 2-1-0

Horizon) level. Finishing first in the Horizon League is still possible.

With a disappointing season capped with some close losses, UWM has three home games remaining and one road game against UW-Green Bay to heal its early season pains with four wins.

Grade: C-.

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Freshman Dana Shannon looks to be a bright part of Milwaukee’s tennis future

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By Tony Atkins and Mitch Coey Sports Editor and Special to the Post sports@uwmpost.com Dana Shannon is looking to be one of the star freshmen in tennis this year at UW-Milwaukee. She has given UWMilwaukee a glimpse into what could be a bright future by winning her first collegiate flight in Minnesota earlier this season. Like many other studentathletes, Shannon has been playing for years and it was a long road to achieve her current standing.

Shannon grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago and attended Homewood- Floosmoor High School.

She had already been playing tennis, which she started when she was young.

“I started playing when I was 11, but didn’t start to practice every week until I was 12,” Shannon said. “I was at the park with my dad and there was a man just practicing tennis, and he offered to teach me how to play. Serena [Williams] was my biggest idol, that’s the person that made me want to play.”

Just like Williams’ parents, Shannon’s parents were also athletes who helped her and motivated her to pursue tennis. Her mother was a track runner, while her father played basketball during their school years.

Furthering her development as a competitor, the very competitive

Chicago area helped her sharpen her craft.

“Illinois definitely had a lot of competition. There was a bracket of different players that were really good. Illinois was probably was the most competitive out of the Midwest area.”

Shannon had definitely grown into being competitive, but she also allowed herself to have fun with tennis too. Her strides to become a better player, not just against others but also against herself, are what she feels makes her a determined athlete.

“I really try to push myself compared to the last performance. It’s more fun to play against another opponent who tries and competes. That’s when I get competitive. I don’t like to just win easily,” she said.

Shannon always had a great work ethic. This began to become more apparent as Shannon went on to become a regular at the Illinois state tournament, which she qualified in every year of her high school career and was ranked in the top 300 nationally by tennisrecruiting. com.

When coach Sean McInerney saw Shannon for the first time, he was actually on a recruiting trip for another player. He saw the potential in Shannon and would ultimately bring her onto the team. When he began extensively looking at her, she wasn’t heavily recruited.

By the time she was looking for a collegiate home, she knew close-to-home Milwaukee was the place. Different colleges, such as Rice State in Ohio and the University of Missouri-Kansas City, had recruited her; however she didn’t want to travel so far. In addition, Shannon fell in love with the chemistry of the Panthers.

“I felt like a part of the team right away,” Shannon said. “They’re really competitive too, so we all click. I think that’s what helps me and keeps me motivated. I think we have a great team and program. The only way is up.”

Shannon is currently pursuing a major in chemistry and looking into optometry. She is confident that her team will do great this year and is going to keep working hard.

“I’m great in singles, but I have a weakness in doubles,” she said. “I want to be more aggressive. I want to win more doubles in our conference. Everybody look out, we’re gonna have a lot of good things coming up.”

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UWM fantasy football guru- week six

Everything you need to know to conquer fantasy football

By Joe Horning Staff Writer sports@uwmpost.com Start ‘em: Who doesn’t love being able to check your fantasy team and to see that you’re winning. It’s like Christmas. This week if you have Matt Ryan, Roddy White, Julio Jones or even slow Michael Turner, make sure you start them against that weak Raiders defense. I doubt any of you have Flacco as your starting QB, but if you do, start him, along with Torrey Smith.

Consider the Ravens defense as well. You saw the Bears abuse the Cowboys; imagine the superior Ravens facing them. AP owners, you guys get the Redskins this week, which just let up yards weekly, so start him. Jamaal Charles, start him. The Bucs

Rapid reaction: Packers

By Tony Atkins Sports Editor Sports@uwmpost.com

In the NFL, it is widely known that the teams that get hot come playoff time are the ones who win championships in the end. The New York Giants won their last two Super Bowls while being severely overlooked during the regular season. This year, the Packers have gotten off to a very slow start and it looks that they aren’t as good as fans and critics alike have made them out to be.

Following a 15-1 season, the bar has been set very high for the Packers. The av-

have an uncanny ability to falter against speedy backs like Charles on a weekly basis. If you haven’t picked up Rashard Mendenhall yet, do it. He’s coming back from injury and primed to explode against the leaky Titans. While you’re at it, definitely start Mike Wallace. Finally for those of you smart enough to own Vernon Davis start him. The Giants are missing their best cover safety and no one can cover Davis. Ever.

Sit ‘Em: For Panthers, Bears, Jaguars and Saints owners, sorry; it’s the bye week and you better have some good bench players to take over for Matt Forte and Maurice Jones-Drew. A.J. Green owners, I won’t tell you to sit him, but consider it because he gets to line up against Joe Haden, who is pissed off and coming off of suspension.

Packer owners, I would advise benching Greg Jennings as he is too injury-prone.

He missed last week against the Colts.

Plus the Pack face a bad matchup with the top ranked Houston defense Sunday night. To any of you that own Calvin Johnson, I'm warning you: he’s going up against a resurgent Nnamdi Asomugha.

Steven Jackson owners, bench him, or regret it. The Dolphins are the top team

in run defense this year and will eat him alive.

Waiver Wire: I should have posted this to start the season, but if you don’t know who Heath Miller is, get him. He's one of the most underrated tight ends in all of football.

For years, he never put up spectacular numbers, but was a reliable target for Ben Roethlisberger in Pittsburgh. This year, Big Ben stated it is his mission to get Heath to the Pro Bowl, which he plans to do by going to him constantly. He has put up at least TD in his first three games. This week he gets to go up against a weak Titans defense who forgets to cover tight ends. He is a definite pickup and starter! Another player breaking out to consider is Brian Hartline of the Dolphins. He’s coming on as rookie Ryan Tannehill’s favorite target.

Now he won’t put up another 254 yards like he did against Arizona, but Tannehill will feed him the ball, which means good news for fantasy owners.

If you have questions I didn’t cover feel free to ask me on Twitter: (@JoeHorning_).

As a final warning, anything is possible on any given Sunday. Schemes and game plans may change and you’re out of luck, but best of luck they don’t.

Sports Editor Tony Atkins response to the Packers’ early woes.

erage fan would argue that going 15-1 isn’t easy to replicate as it is very hard to win a single NFL game. Following the loss to the rebuilding Indianapolis Colts, there is a feeling that this group is heading in the underachiever direction.

With All-Pro caliber players such as Aaron Rodgers, Charles Woodson and Clay Matthews, the Packers should be sitting higher than their 2-3 record suggests.

While many would argue that due to the horrid call in Seattle, that loss shouldn’t count, it should. The reason why it counts is because the Packers should have never been in a position to lose to the Seahawks no matter how much they have been im-

proving. For instance, on a late fourth and goal possession, the Packers opted to kick a field goal instead of attempting to close the game out. Ultimately, Russell Wilson would win the game.

Sunday, Andrew Luck rallied the Colts to a 27-6 run in the second half to win 3027 over the Pack in a game that seemed be everything but over. Luck threw for 362 yards and shredded a sixth-ranked Packers pass defense that allows 201 yards per game. Sometimes, defenses just get torched and Sunday was one of those days.

The issue here is that the Packers have Aaron Rodgers and are the sixteenth ranked passing offense. That used to be an

oxymoron but this year it’s not. It certainly isn’t a talent issue. It seems to be a focus issue, dropped passes, fumbles and missed blocks all have contributed to the mediocre first quarter results for the Packers. As bad as it sounds, the Packers are looking very Dallas “Cowboy-ish” and needs to focus on mental errors if they want to compete.

These are the Packers, one of the best teams in terms of talent. The problem thus far this season, is that the Packers are going blow for blow with teams like the Seahawks and the Colts and are finding themselves getting knocked out in the end.

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Max Holiday talks about the key to his success

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com Young Holidays, the brainchild of Appleton native Max Holiday, has been something of an internet sensation around Milwaukee for the better part of two months.

Starting with a Twitter blitz and a well-timed shoutout from AV Club Milwaukee editor (and good UWM Post friend) Matt Wild, the catchy, lo-fi, garage-tinged pop act has been gaining a steady buzz since that time, even going somewhat global, despite only having three songs (and an effectively memorable album cover) to its name. The Fringe sat down with Max Holiday recently to discuss his rapid rise, internet buzz, and the difference between messy and shitty garage rock, as well as the future of music marketing in the age of the internet.

The Fringe: How did Young Holidays start?

Max Holiday: I’ve been making music for a while, but I started seriously putting some ideas down two years ago, and all the tracks on this EP were written in the last year. Last spring, the spring of 2011, is when I first started writing for this one and took about a year until this summer to flesh out the ideas, and finish all the parts – how I’m going to arrange it and produce it. Doing demos on an 8-track recorder. Then this summer, I went back to my parents’ house in Appleton and set up a studio in my room, and I got a 24-track recorder instead to make it a lot easier to record all the parts that I wanted to.

I laid it down this summer, and the whole time I was planning on releasing it digitally. I’m not really interested in charging for anything right now, because it’s kind of pointless because nobody knows who I am. I just burned 50 copies of the CD with my friend and started putting it out online.

Fringe: Who all is in the band, is it just you?

Max: It’s just me.

Fringe: Is the band going to flesh itself out soon?

Max: I hired a live band with some of my friends, but on the record it’s just me – I wrote it, I performed it, produced it, mixed it and then released it myself.

Fringe: Every instrument was you.

Max: Every single thing. I sometimes have a lot of trouble clearing that up. Like, “Who’s drumming?”

Oh, that’s me. “Who’s singing?” Me. “Where’d you record?” In my bedroom. It was really all 100 percent me.

Fringe: And you’ve gotten some media attention recently.

Max: Yeah, that was really crazy and really unexpected. I was going to be super pumped if like one person that I didn’t know or had a mutual friend with heard it and liked it and I heard that they heard it and liked it, but I started just sending it out to different media outlets – not as a joke, but just to see what happens. So I released it on Saturday, Sept. 8 and I went out with my friends to celebrate on Saturday night, did nothing Sunday, just kind of hung out, and then Monday started sending it out to different press. And then Monday night I was fairly drunk at home and I went on Twitter and just tweeted it out, in caps, just a blast to The AV Club like, “Yo check out this shit, beautiful people of Milwaukee!”

Kind of just a really good try, just fucking around. And then Matt Wild from The AV Club emailed me the next morning, like, “I loved it.” I just freaked out, it was so cool.

So I sent him an email explaining what’s going on, and two days later it was on avclub.com and my plays on Bandcamp just spiked like crazy, and I started hearing from a bunch of people about it.

The Fatty Acids, who have obviously a relatively large following in Milwaukee and the Midwest,

posted on Facebook, like, “Really good great garage pop from Young Holidays,” and I was like, “Fuck.”

And they were like, “Playing any shows soon?” And they emailed me saying like seriously. So me and the Fatty Acids are trying to set something up for the fall here.

I just started hearing a ton of really positive feedback. Like I said, if I had reached just one person I was going to be happy, but tons of people started talking about it. I would search Young Holidays on Twitter and see people talking about it, and my plays were just growing growing growing. I got like a thousand plays within two weeks on Bandcamp, like 80-some downloads. This Japanese person on Twitter wrote that it’s the best album ever. And then Obscure Sound, a music blog, picked it up, and they really liked it too. And one day I was really sick with a fever and I took a nap at like three in the afternoon and woke up at nine at night so disoriented, and I checked my email and Obscure Sound had emailed me.

I didn’t believe it until I saw the post.

They had a whole feature about the second track, “Pretender.” Insanely positive reviews. And some Spanish blog two days ago picked it up and put it in a list of things to download along with The xx and Grizzly Bear and Bob Dylan and shit. It’s really, really, really cool.

Fringe: Did you have a foothold in Milwaukee, or did you know much about the Milwaukee scene?

Max: To be very honest, and I think – my friend runs Top Flight Records, this little independent thing he started releasing vinyl, I think he did Surgeons in Heat’s last album, he’s doing Myles Coyne and the Rusty Nickel Band; he was saying people were asking, “Who is this person?” Because I don’t really go to many local shows, I don’t really know any guys in the bands all that much; I just met the Fatty Acids Friday night at a show in Bay View. I don’t really know any of those guys.

I never really released anything.

I released a single, a version of “Saturdays” as a single in May, and it

didn’t really do anything. Over time, over the next two or three weeks, I realized there was one very misplaced kick drum that nobody else could hear, but I heard every single time I played it, and it was going to mess with me my entire life so I deleted it and started over. I’m obviously really happy I did, because that’s the one that has the most plays out of anything on Bandcamp.

Fringe: It was that kick.

Max: [Laughs] That kick drum, dude. I just could not stand it. I couldn’t bear it. I couldn’t stand the thought of people hearing that. And I ask everyone I know playing it over and over, “Do you hear that?” They say no, but I knew it was there.

Fringe: It’s weird, because the garage pop thing is the “messy” sound.

Max: Totally, I’m totally about that, I love like the messy thing and how it’s very close to being out of control, but that kick drum was not messy or out of control, it was just wrong [Laughs]. There are wrong notes on the EP – there’s playing wrong notes and being off time and then there’s messing up, and this was just a late kick drum that fucked with me every single time I heard it.

Fringe: Because you owe everything to the internet and digital marketing, was that something that you had planned out, or something that you were just like, “Fuck it, I’m going to go ahead and do this”?

Max: I’m the opposite of a music traditionalist, I don’t own a record player, I have four vinyl records – The Chronic by Dr. Dre and The Nutcracker ballet and some weird Burl Ives thing and an old Global Threat punk record and that’s it – and I can’t even play them because I don’t have a record player. I don’t buy records. It’s 2012, look at the internet, look what we have. Anybody can record anything. I didn’t need a record label to get into a studio, didn’t need any money. I made the record for free, it didn’t cost me a

thing. Other than a new microphone and the 24-track recorder. But that’s an investment that I’m making for a while.

I would wake up at nine in the morning and just record all day and all night, it was free, it was easy and rather than try and get someone to release it on vinyl, get a press on a CD and spend tons of money, get a middleman, I was just like, well I’m going to post it online and try to get a word-of-mouth thing started. It’s clearly happened and I didn’t really think it would.

Fringe: Who’s the dude on the EP cover?

That’s my best friend, Travis Hale. He, out of everyone, really gets what I’m trying to do, and he’s a photographer too and he’s a really, really great artist. The plan all along was that he was going to do all the visual stuff for it, and we were thinking of what we could do with it and I had an idea. I always wanted someone on the cover, and the week before I had the idea of writing “Young Holidays” on someone’s chest in red lipstick, and we were trying to think of who we could get. And I was like, “Would you want to do it?” So we went out in this really cool courtyard of an apartment off of Downer – we don’t know anyone who lives there – we just rushed in the middle of the day and took like a hundred snapshots real fast and picked one.

On Friday night, the day before it released on Saturday, we went over to his apartment and got Chinese food and got pretty drunk and burned 50 copies of the CD. We took the photos and cut them with an X-acto knife, and he numbered them one through 50, trying to make it feel really limited, because I’m not going to make any more. It’s free online, and that’s all the physical copies there are.

Go listen to the EP at youngholidays.bandcamp.com right now. No seriously, now.

FIFTY IS NIFTY Peck celebrates half a century with Year of the Arts

By Clair Sprenger Staff Writer Fringe@uwmpost.com UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts celebrates the “Year of the Arts” for its 50th anniversary, with more events, cheaper tickets and a message emphasizing art’s importance. Peck will feature about 100 more events this year than its usual 350, collaborating with organizations inside and out of the university, from the Milwaukee Ballet company to UWM’s architecture school.

“Because it’s the Year of the Arts, we’re able to do more [collaborations], and get some of our leaders to think beyond what we usually present,” Peck’s Marketing Director Ellen Schupper said, noting Chancellor Lovell’s supportive role in initiating the year-long celebration.

Schupper says the Year of the Arts has given students more opportunities across every art discipline and allowed staff to experiment with “bigger and bolder” projects Peck wouldn’t necessarily have taken on in years prior. “[Students] are getting an even greater breath of experience this year,” Schupper said. “We actually had someone post on Facebook something along the lines of what a great year to be a second year at Peck school of the arts—and it’s true.”

UWM acting student Maggie McGwin doesn’t find that the Year of the Arts has opened more doors, but has instilled more pride in the UWM art community.

“As of now, the Year of the Arts celebration hasn’t really proved to be different from any other year in terms of opportunities I’ve had in the theatre department” McGwin said. “I’m in a show that opens in a few weeks, but there is usually a show opening at this time of the semester so it’s not really anything unusual.”

“But I actually have begun to feel a sense of pride for being a theatre arts student, which is something I haven’t felt very often at a large public university like UWM,” McGwin said. “…It’s nice to know that Peck is being recognized throughout all of campus this year and I feel proud of the fact that even though I’m not studying business, engineering, or nursing, I’m still hoping to make a difference in the world.”

“Our Peck school students are naturally involved in these events because these events wouldn’t be happening without them,” Schupper said. “…They’re either coming and being in the audience or, more likely, they’re the ones performing in [shows].”

The Year of the Arts isn’t just for hosting events, according to Schupper.

“One of messages that we’re trying to relay is that this is more than just about our events. I mean it’s about celebrating the place of arts in education,” Schupper said. “…We have more events, not just to have more events. We’re doing them to… motivate people to experience the arts in a new way.”

“I guess when I first came back to school this semester, I was pretty surprised to realize that it was the

‘Year of the Arts.’ In my mind, I feel that really every year should be a ‘year of the arts’ when it comes to an art school,” McGwin said.

“The Peck School is the only comprehensive art school in Wisconsin… meaning that we are the are the only school that has all five art disciplines of theater, dance, music, film, and art and design,” Schupper said.

“Not only do [students] get to interact with artists across the spectrum, being at a university they also get to interact with engineers and business students and liberal arts students and so that is the unique experience for our students and… the UWM campus in general… the missions of the university...here— to create opportunities for students to interact with one another and be creative and be innovative across their fields” fit with having Peck at UWM, according to Schupper.

“That’s the biggest and most exciting part about recognizing this Year of the Arts,” McGwin said.

“The pride that it brings to an often underrated and overlooked but extremely important part of a large university.”

Peck communications assistant Chelsey Lewis recapped Peck’s 50 year history via email.

Since its start in 1962, Peck has added to its far from humble repertoire, starting with the Fine Arts Quartet – a performance group of Peck music school staff known internationally and in the Milwaukee community, though not so popular among students. In the 1970s it created UWM’s world-renowned film department and went on to build the (also world-renowned) Institute of Visual Arts, A.K.A. Inova – a contemporary art gallery for the visual arts department—in the ’80s.

Peck wasn’t “Peck” until 1999, when UWM renamed its School of Fine Arts to recognize the Milton and Lillian Peck Foundation’s donations.

This year has brought new programs, including “MKE Unplugged,” a music program targeting audiences a bit differently than the Quartet. This monthly program features free acoustic performances by local artists, like Trapper Schoepp, whose shows normally cost a fair chunk of your paycheck. Taking place in Zelazo, shows are open to students and the community and include a bar service (with kid beverages for the underage children).

“Since we’re in the Zelazo building, we see students walking form the Kenwood campus over to some of the East Side music and bar establishments. We said, why don’t we give them something they can have right here?” Schupper said. “…So we’re creating the experience people are walking to Downer to get so they can get it right here on campus.”

Only about a hundred people came to the first MKE unplugged performance in September, according to Schupper, who’s hoping for more people to come to the next shows.

“It was a nice sized group for the first one. We’re hoping for a nicer sized [group] for the next one,” Schupper said.

Apart from providing a “polar-

opposite” venue setting and music genre to that of the Quartet, according to Schupper, MKE Unplugged’s featured artists are still climbing their way up in the music profession that Quartet members have already summited.

“You have your established artists in the Fine Arts Quartet and then you have your emerging artists for MKE Unplugged,” Schupper said. “…So while we celebrate our students and our student musicians all the time, we wanted to use the Year of the Arts as an opportunity to showcase some of our alumni who have gone on to create bands or groups, or emerging musicians who are in the Milwaukee market.”

Peck’s collaboration with the Milwaukee Ballet and Present Music, a Milwaukee music ensemble/composition group, on the ballet Falling is another “bigger and bolder” event the Year of the Arts will be featured this October in Bader hall. Present music is creating an original score, while choreographers from both the Ballet and Peck are working with a small cast of dancers from both institutions.

“It’s a very fluid kind of choreography experience for our students and the ballet and our choreographers,” Schupper said. “And that’s one of the things about the year of the arts—Not only are we presenting more work, but we’re work that allows our students to interact with professionals in a different way.”

The organizations’ artistic leaders, Michael Pink of the Milwaukee Ballet, Kevin Stalheim of Present Music, and UWM associate dance professor Simone Ferro, asked, “What would it look like to do a dance production focused on falling and that feeling of floating or movement in the air?”

Schupper said, mentioning that the set, which UWM architecture students will design, will somehow suspend dancers. “They’re going to be dancing in the air, for lack of a better description.”

For Peck’s November showing of King Lear – one of Shakespeare’s most intense scripts – theater students are collaborating with the Shakespearean Company from Massachusetts alongside professionals and teachers.

“It’s been about eight years since our faculty and our students have performed side-by-side like this,” Schupper said.

Peck’s cross-discipline collaborations include the Center for Jewish Studies and also the Klezmatics, an internationally celebrated Yiddishjazz group from New York, to play a free show at UWM in Nov. “The relationships that we’ve been able to create or develop more fully because of the Year of the Arts is really part of the story,” Schupper said.

Schupper says Peck hopes lower ticket prices and new events like MKE Unplugged will attract enough students for them to maintain the discount and continue new programming for years after.

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Taking Back Sunday w/ Bayside & Mansions (Wednesday | Turner Hall Ballroom | 7:00 p.m.)

Taking Back Sunday has yet to give up their status as emo-rock gods, celebrating the tenth anniversary of the groundbreaking album of worldwide acclaim, Tell All Your Friends. An event that is all just wishful thinking.

Say Anything w/ Murder by Death, The Sidekicks & Tallhart (Thursday | The Rave | 7:30 p.m.)

Milwaukee Film Festival (Monday – Thursday | Various Locations | Various Times) The final week of MFF and the final week we’ll talk about it.

Beach House w/ Poor Moon (Wednesday | Pabst Theater | 7:00 p.m.)

The indie pop duo returns to Milwaukee to play their catchy and dark tunes that you may have heard while shopping at Urban Outfitters. Sad and trendy people galore.

Another act that isn’t ready to quit and wave Warped Tour goodbye, Say Anything visits Milwaukee once again to promote their latest album, Anarchy, My Dear.

Murder by Death may steal the show.

Jerry Seinfeld (Saturday | Riverside Theater | 7:00 & 9:30 p.m.)

Just because tickets to see any of the three Louis C.K. shows this week are all sold out doesn’t mean you can’t see a legendary comic. Jerry Seinfeld (of Seinfeld fame) visits Milwaukee with two expensive shows on Saturday that are not sold out.

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Public House brings the word

By Nic Waldron Special to the Post fringe@uwmpost.com The rivalry between academic poetry and spoken word poetry has been apparent for almost as long as either have existed. Whether by design or happenstance, this divide is often pronounced along lines of race, class and geography.

Such was the catalyst for Mario and Adam Asher, musicians by trade, to create New Word Document, a monthly open-mic poetry series at Riverwest Public House (815 E. Locust St.) that has since spawned a weekly podcast on Riverwest Radio (Fridays at 9-10 p.m.).

Milwaukee is a city steeped in poetry traditions. Just across the street from Public House is Woodland Pattern (720 E. Locust St.), a nonprofit bookstore containing 25,000 small press titles, which recently celebrated its 33rd anniversary. It is probably best known for hosting its annual poetry marathon, a 15-hour show which features over 100 poets.

However, Woodland Pattern and other similar bookstores have drawn criticism in the past for their refusal to carry certain publications that are associated with the spoken word scene, which traces its roots at least as far back as the 1960s and the beat scene that developed around coffee houses such as the Avant Garde on Prospect Avenue.

Although the scene had largely fizzled out by the ‘80s, it was revived in the ‘90s at a downtown night club known as Emerald City when movies such as Slam and Love Jones, and HBO’s Def Poetry series renewed interest in the art form.

"There’s a schism between the two communities” says Mario The Poet, a North Milwaukee native and one of two co-founders of New Word Document.

“The North Side has a scene and the East Side has a scene, but I would really like to see more of a connection between the two. Poetry is about communication and the sharing of different ideas.”

While many poetry sets grow to implicitly favor a certain style, New Word Document is coming up on its first anniversary and still attracting partici-

pants across multiple spectrums, from street poets to literary buffs, from seasoned wordsmiths to first-time readers, who are known on the scene as “virgins.” Although the sets always have a featured poet, both Mario and Asher make it clear that the only purpose of the feature is to get people through the door. “it’s all about the first-timers having a welcoming crowd… a feeling of being a superstar!” Mario said.

Asher agrees.

“We try to make it about new performers… it’s all about the new people who come to the show. It’s not about us,” he said, not too far removed from the new crowd himself. “I started writing a year ago… Mario took me under his wing and is a huge inspiration.”

An eight-year veteran of spoken word, Mario got his start in Dayton, Ohio before returning to Milwaukee in 2005, where he became a regular performer at the Mecca Lounge, which had been the epicenter of the north side spoken word scene until closing its doors for good in 2008. He was also a member of the Milwaukee National Slam Team in 2007 and 2009.

“It’s a calling,” said Mario. “I have attempted to walk away, but once you tap into that awesomeness… its addictive!”

For now though, both men are focused on continuing to grow New Word Document and ultimately bringing Milwaukeeans together from diverse racial and sociocultural backgrounds, a goal that-judging by the crowd from last Sunday-they seem to be well on their way towards accomplishing if they haven't already. They also believe Public House to be the perfect forum for such events.

“You don't have a sleazy, shitty bar owner to work with, just a collective that embraces you,” Asher said.

“Shout out to [Public House members] Gene [Gallistel] and James Murphy,” adds Mario, “Those guys are great!”

The next New Word Document poetry set is at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 where the featured poet will be Milwaukee National Slam Team alum, Spitfire.

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MILWAUKEE FILM FESTIVAL DAYS 5-10 Fringe Staff fringe@uwmpost Compliance Even before this film began, there were whispers in the audience about the multiple walk-outs during its screenings at other festivals due to its truly disturbing subject matter. This was confirmed by the screening’s presenters. Directed by Craig Zobel (who’s writing credits include comedies, dramas and Homestar Runner), Compliance is a gritty story based on true events.

Fast food restaurant manager Sandra, a worried and lacking-of-authority Midwesterner, receives a call from Officer Daniels, whom requests that Sandra bring a teenaged cashier, Becky, to the back office for questioning. Daniels claims that Becky had been caught stealing from a customer’s purse and would need to be withheld in the back until the police arrive. As time moves along, Daniels’ requests become more and more disturbing, which Sandra and her appointees comply with under Daniel’s authority.

Compliance is really about authority.

Sandra, who normally lacks the trait and falls victim to her employees’ snarks or her supervisors’ harsh words, hardly bats an eye at Daniels’ troubling requests or her other employees’ worries. While the film portrays these themes against the horrific (and real) backdrop, its pacing seems off as the film lays out each fact.

The Milwaukee Show The Milwaukee Film Festival would not be nearly as well off it was not for the filmmaking community right here in Milwaukee. As such, why not dedicate a program to our cinematic neighbors? The Milwaukee Show presented the best shorts

by Milwaukee-centered filmmakers.

The UWM Production Club’s “Gears,” shown first, was a technically excellent depiction of the strange events surrounding a father and daughter. Equally as good was “The Vampire Formally Known as Dracula,” in which Dracula copes with the Twilight series. Short docs included “Reflection (Anarekli)” a verite-style portrait of a Georgian village, “So I Could Fly Away,” a beautifully shot story on director Blyth Renate Meier’s father and his small town ways.

Filmaker-in-Residence Tate Bunker’s “Studies in Space,” a visually Cremasterlike examination of movement with callbacks to Eadweard Muybridge’s horse studies stood out amongst the program’s other art pieces.

Mark Borchardt presents: The Giant Spider Invasion Saturday night’s screening of the 1970’s drive-in gem, The Giant Spider Invasion, was what you’d expect from a crowd of cult film fanatics. Led by Milwaukee cinephile Mark Borchardt – known best as the subject of the 1999 documentary American Movie – and with director Bill Rebane in attendance, the showing filled the theater with groaning laughter.

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Set in a rural Wisconsin farming community, a set of goofy characters find themselves being terrorized by spiders, one of which was actually giant. Dan, when not having an extramarital affair, discovers a load of diamond-filled rocks in his backyard following a meteorite crash (which was not expertly portrayed). In true horror, the rocks are actually eggs – spider eggs.

When hatched, the spiders begin killing Dan’s livestock and scaring his wife, Ev. As the giant spider begins roving the city, the Sheriff (the skipper in Gilligan’s Island) and NASA get involved and anti-climatically kill the damn thing.

The Q&A that followed was delightfully interesting, Rebane having spilled the beans on the film’s cult and special effects (Did you know the giant spider is a VW bug dressed with eight legs, driven in reverse to use the taillights as eyes and manned by nine children to operate the leg movements?). Rebane is, of course, grateful for his fandom (and not let down by his several runs for governor) and left some spiriting remarks for the crowd, which Borchardt claimed were “beautiful, man.”

Little Red In a successful attempt at going against form, Little Red is a film that incorporates elements from the original fairytale of Little Red Riding Hood while still being its own unique invention. Based off the story idea by director Tate Bunker and a screenplay by Susan Kerns, Little Red is a coming-of-age story that chronicles a young girl’s lonely quest to discover even when faced with a dangerous threat.

Intent on going to Cumberland Island to see wild horses, 11-year old Ruth (otherwise known as Red) unexpectedly leaves her family and city behind to discover an unfamiliar part of the country. In her brave attempt at traveling alone with little money, she encounters a strange man by the name of Lou at the airport. He’s someone you wouldn’t want to find yourself alone with. Serving as the “wolf ” of the re-imagining, he becomes obsessed with Ruth and tries to lure her away from her quest. Along the way, she encounters other people who lend out a helping hand and a friend she would never forget.

Director Tate Bunker enhances the narrative with his experimental sensibilities. Watching the film unfold, you can clearly get a sense of Bunker’s passion for filmmaking and most importantly, storytelling. With precision and careful planning, each shot of the film is shot in a way that it will make you forget that you are watching a low budget independent feature. In fact, there were quite a few shots that were cinematically astonishing, especially when considering the film’s low budget. The balance of well-staged shots and the focused narrative makes the film more engaging than a lot of what is seen in the multiplex. With Bunker working on the film for a little over five years, you clearly get a sense that all of the work from the cast and crew was awarded with this unique twist on a classic fairytale.

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SINGING THROUGH THE DARKNESS The Mountain Goats make a classic

By Steven Franz Fringe Media Editor fringe@uwmpost.com “Just stay alive,” sings John Darnielle on “Amy AKA Spent Gladiator 1,” the first track on the Mountain Goats’ new album Transcendental Youth. In a moment where band after band – from fun. to Japandroids to even a group like One Direction – has been making a career out of romanticizing adolescence, reveling in the supposed glory and freedom of being young, such

a sobering sentiment is somewhat shocking, opening up an album with a title like Transcendental Youth and being directed as it is to young people. Darnielle also encourages listeners to jump in front of trains and “do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away.” To Darnielle, that darkness is an essential function of youth – and life in general – and you can’t glorify being a kid without glorifying the bad times.

The bad times, long at the heart of Darnielle’s elaborate and literary songwriting, absolutely drench Transcendental Youth even through hints of the joy that is always

there in the music. Even on a song like “Cry For Judas,” which opens with a somewhat celebratory horn overture, Darnielle can utter lines with his naked, piercing voice the likes of, “I am just a broken machine / and I do things I don’t really mean” while echoing the haunting tragedy of sexual abuse, a topic not foreign to the Mountain Goats’ music.

The album’s closer, “Transcendental Youth” – a bookend of sorts to its opener – offers a response to the relatively uninhibited joy of “Spent Gladiator 1.” In it, the youth are certainly transcending – literally flying, even – but through clouds dark with

flies, sicknesses, disease, death. The darkness has overcome. But even through that darkness, Darnielle implores the youth to “Sing High” – to pierce the imminent darkness with a cry for the old times. Instead of operating in free ignorance of strife, we should sing in revolution to it. It’s a fitting sentiment from a man who’s made his career from fashioning beauty and music from desperation and misery, and is the lasting impression of one of the great albums in both the Mountain Goats’ oeuvre and the 21st century to date.

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POST ENDORSEMENT Nik Kovac, Third District Alderman In my current job as alderman of Milwaukee’s Third District, I have the great fortune to represent thousands of residents on the East Side, Riverwest, Brady Street and North Downtown neighborhoods.

By far the largest cultural and educational institution within these populous, tree-lined and walkable neighborhoods is UW-Milwaukee. The students and staff of Milwaukee’s biggest university are many of the residents that I represent at City Hall.

Before I had this job, I was a student at UWM, and then a newspaper reporter and editor, so I have been able to see the value of the UWM Post from a few different angles.

Your newspaper does not just inform students, it also trains them to become expert journalists. Without great journalists, democracy cannot succeed because residents won’t know who or what they are voting for.

But the UWM Post does more than in-

form and provide valuable training for the hard-working students who get to be reporters and editors. It also provides necessary information and perspective for all of us on the East Side and throughout Milwaukee.

It is with particular interest that many of us have been reading this newspaper lately, given the recent changes in police strategy near campus. In my opinion, the Post’s coverage of this issue has been fair and insightful.

Your reporters didn’t just do ride-alongs with police, you also attended house parties. You presented quotations from students and from long-term residents and, most importantly, you presented quotations from students who talked about what it means to be a resident.

At City Hall, myself, the mayor and all of my colleagues on the Common Council represent all the residents of Milwaukee.

Whether you own, you rent, whether you are here for your whole life, or just for four years,

we represent all of you.

Of course, we would like all of you to stay longer. We would like recent UWM graduates to stay in Milwaukee, to find work, to raise families and to buy houses near campus.

We want all the neighborhoods around the UWM campus to be welcoming for all of us, whether you are a 19-year-old choosing a major, a 40-year-old building a career, a 70-year-old enjoying retirement or a oneyear-old crying about new teeth.

For too many years on too many nights the blocks near campus have not been welcoming enough for all residents. However, I am optimistic that if all of us remember to think about our neighbors, to remember that our lifestyles and life stages are always changing, then living together will be as easy as imagining what it’s like to be each other.

Tom McGinnity, Interim Dean of Students

I support your efforts to keep a student newspaper at UW-Milwaukee. Having student publications on campus gives students hands on experience for reporting, writing,

editing, designing, and producing a publication. These out of the classroom experiences contribute significantly to students’ total educational development and progress. An active

student press not only serves the campus it helps prepare students to be socially responsible journalists and individuals.

I wish you continued success.

Michael R. Lovell, UWM Chancellor The value of student journalism In the draft of the UWM Guiding Values now being considered by our campus community, I see many values embraced each day by our many university institutions. In the case of our institutions that communicate information about our campus, including the UWM Post, those values include “transparent and inclusive decision making.”

Organizations like the Post that embrace these values are fundamental to the health and vitality of UWM. As a public institution, our university has a special obligation to create an

environment for such organizations to exist.

And there is more.

The importance of journalism in whole and student journalism in particular to a university can be seen on the website uwmpost. com/aboutus. Here, the Post acknowledges its objective to be the primary source of student and campus news, and a place for journalism students to learn the craft.

It also provides a practical learning environment for graphic designers, photographers, and marketing and business administration students, and an opportunity for all

contributors to serve the broader community.

Its success in achieving those objectives can be seen in the list of awards won by the newspaper at the bottom of their website.

I very much appreciate campus media outlets such as the Post and Panthervision for what they offer our students and something they provide to faculty and staff that we can’t easily get elsewhere. Specifically, they supply us with their perspective and allow us to see the university from their point of view. I believe these are invaluable contributions to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

David S. Allen, associate professor,

Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies I’ve had a long association with the college student press. My journalism career began during my undergraduate years working for my college newspaper. In graduate school, I worked as the writing coach for a university’s student newspaper. In my first academic job, I chaired the board that oversaw the publication of the student newspaper. All of these experiences have convinced me that an independent student press plays an important role in any university community. In many ways, it reflects university life in general—diverse,

boundary challenging and a little quirky to the point that one never quite knows what to expect. Just like universities, sometimes people don’t always appreciate that quirkiness. And sometimes, in all honesty, student journalists can go too far. But from my perspective, that quirkiness is what makes it all so interesting, for the students who produce the content and for those of us who read it. A university without a student newspaper, in my view, loses a little bit of that quirkiness and along with it some community vitality. Not that a univer-

sity newspaper is the only way to create community, but I do believe that it is an important part of bringing people together, even if it is only to disagree. Due to economic challenges and the changing media environment, traditional student newspapers throughout the United States are struggling to survive. The UWM Post has survived many challenges over the years and I certainly hope it emerges from this challenge stronger than ever.

Lucas Young, UWM student Attending a university, to me, means more than just academics. It is my opportunity to connect with the greater community I have been part of for the past six years. And all through those six years, I have picked up the UWM Post on a weekly basis. The Post is my connection to the greater community. The connection to the opinions and thoughts of UWM students, the UWM student condition, UWM struggles and triumphs, UWM milestones and historical facts and the events of UWM—both past, present and future.

What’s more is that the Post does not only report, but it seeks to help students by in-

forming them of UWM’s available resources, publishing articles of encouragement and reminding the campus body of important dates.

After I feel I have gained a better sense of the currents in my UWM community, I can take my mind off the daily routines and have at it with the crossword and other mind games.

This is a paper that practices its first amendment rights: a paper for the students, by the students, and the voice of the students. The authors are students, the photographers are students, the comic strip artists are students; all Post workers are students. They know the students and they are willing to hear

from any student. It is invaluable to me and my role as a community member of UWM. When I heard of the financial hardships of the Post and its potential end, after connecting the UWM campus since 1956, I truly became worried that future students would not have access to such a vital source of UWM-related news. I hope all those loyal readers of the Post, and all those who may be picking a copy up for the first time today, do what they can to support the Post, and to sustain an adhesive of our community.

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A guide for how to make girls like you Disappearing middle class and

By Angela Schmitt Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com Time and time again, guys ask me the same question: what can I do to make a girl like me? Unfortunately, this obviously is a case-by-case situation, so unless I know you, I really have no clue what to tell you. From a broader perspective though, there are a few things that you can do to be more attractive to the ladies.

For starters, let’s think about what guys find attractive about girls. They want girls to be attractive, smart, funny and sexy. Correct? Well, low and behold, girls want those same things in a man, so why not start by getting it together on your end?

The first thing a girl will notice about you is how you look. Unruly hair and a wrinkly, mismatched outfit will get you nowhere, so clean it up before you go out and you’ll already have one foot in the door.

The second thing we notice is how you smell. I’m going to let you guys in on a secret: a good smelling guy is like lady kryptonite. I’m serious. If a guy walks past and he smells great, you will see girls literally swooning in his wake.

Subtle, sophisticated-smelling cologne will do things for you that you can’t even imagine. Trust me on that.

Next up is the “smart” part. To me, the most attractive guy is one who has knowledge. Read the newspaper and keep up to date on current events. Spend some time bouncing around news sites that publish stories in all areas of interest. Having a wide breadth of knowledge will give you a lot of interesting things to talk about, and any girl you’re talking to will be impressed that you

know your stuff. The guy who can have a real conversation and share opinions and ideas with me is the guy who is getting my number.

As a young, single lady, I can tell you firsthand that there are a lot of disrespectful guys out there. A friend of mine recently went on a first date with a guy, and he actually had the nerve to ask her how many dates it would take before she would sleep with him. If you are looking to have a real relationship with someone, the most important thing should be respect. Making a girl feel like she is just a sexual conquest is not smooth. And just a little hint: asking her for a picture of her boobs at any point in the dating process is a major turn off, so don’t even think about it.

Lastly, the key is to pay attention.

Girls like attention. We want a guy who will listen to and take interest in us. If you are into a girl, then not only do you need to pay attention to her, but you need to show her that you were listening. For instance, just in conversation, I recently told a guy that I didn’t think you could get tulips in the fall. A few days later, I came home to a box of tulips sitting outside my front door. It was a simple gesture, – with a touch of humor because he proved me wrong – and it made my day, simple as that. Every girl likes it when someone makes her feel special, and if you really like the girl, that should be a piece of cake.

Hopefully that answers any questions you may have about how to attract girls. Sometimes it is a bit more complicated than that when you really like a girl and you want to make her notice you, so, if you really want some special advice from me to you, feel free to send me an email at editorial@uwmpost.com, and I will be happy to help.

corporate greed are causes for concern

By Brian Holmes Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com Current Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney denounced the Occupy Wall Street protests as a “dangerous” form of “class warfare.” If this is the case, it is a war the common citizen is losing.

A few weeks ago, the Occupy Wall Street Movement turned one. It amazes me that some people seem to be having such a hard time understanding its significance. The distribution of wealth in this country is out of whack and has been for a long time, so it is surprising this movement didn’t happen sooner. In this column I will cover a few concerns of the movement, as well as why it is important. It is time for this nation to awaken from a decades-long slumber. Occupy isn’t going anywhere and here is why: According to recent data gathered by Sean Reardon, a professor of education and sociology at Stanford University, the number of Americans living in middle-income neighborhoods has decreased 21 percent in recent decades. Reardon also found that, while the achievement gap between black and white students – regardless of income – has been shrinking, the gap between wealthy and non-wealthy students increased dramatically from 1960 to 2007.

When an area is poor, its property value diminishes, which means less revenue collected in the property taxes used to fund public schools. This means outdated textbooks, less access to technology and cuts in special education programs. Because of this harsh reality, we need to shine a harsh light on how we fund public school systems. Poor areas that offer poor education

create a suction in which no one will be able to leave, further disempowering and dividing America.

In 2006, Harvard Business School and Duke University published an online study with a sample size of 5,522 people.

The sample displayed a yearly median income and voting pattern characteristic of America as a whole. The average survey respondent believed the top 20 percent of the nation’s wealthiest citizens controlled 59 percent of the nation’s wealth, while the bottom 20 percent controlled 3 percent. If this is the average person’s opinion, it is no wonder many feel Occupy protestors are on the political fringe.

In reality, the top 20 percent of Americans control 84 percent of the nation’s wealth, while the lowest 20 percent control only 0.1 percent. In fact, the combined worth of the bottom 40 percent – which accounts for almost half the nation’s citizens – only controlled .3 percent of the nation’s wealth five years ago! It’s amazing more people aren’t protesting.

Conservatives have found it easy to downplay the Occupy Movement because, unlike the “Tea Baggers,” the movement intertwines vastly diverse ideologies and demographics. The group entails everyone from anarchists to progressives, from suburban whites to urban blacks, from college students to high school dropouts and everything in between. In essence, it is harder to organize the troops than in a more demographically and ideologically-similar group like the Tea Party, which is really just a bunch of old people whining about the taxes they have to pay and social programs – unless of course it’s their Medicare or Social Security.

Romney has repeatedly stated his pri-

mary intention is to strengthen the middle class. However, his actions show otherwise. The president, however, has doubled America’s investment in Pell grants, helping more than 10 million students attend college last year. This is investing in the middle class because Pell grants enable lower income students to go to school and hopefully get better-paying jobs than their parents. This enables families to rise in class from one generation to the next.

Romney and Ryan’s budget plans would cut programs like the Pell grants by 42 percent, while keeping all of the Bush tax cuts, especially for the wealthiest Americans. Only in the world of Rush Limbaugh, Tea Baggers and Fox News will this “grow the middle class.”

Now more than ever the Occupy Movement must maintain its focus and cast itself in the limelight. People need to wake up! A corporate-run America would benefit no one but big business. Republicans may have you look at the bright side. With over half the country starving, and with no access to education certain, American corporations may decide to bring some of their outsourcing back home.

But many unscrupulous American companies have no intention of paying workers a fair wage. As we willingly give away our rights here in America to politicians and their corporate puppet masters, it would be cheaper for the same companies to come home. Movements like Occupy are necessary so we don’t become lulled to sleep. Freedom is a constant battle, and we are currently battling for the mind and soul of America. We can continue to be a nation of prosperity and freedom, or become a soulless, corporate wasteland, where only the few benefit from the many.

Joe Biden to the rescue After Obama’s poor showing in first debate, it’s up to Biden to stop the bleeding

By Nick Smith Columnist editorial@uwmpost.com The first of three presidential debates is in the books. I don’t even have to say who won because of how obvious it was. What “winning” the first debate means, I’m not exactly sure. What I do know is the excuses coming from the Obama camp and his supporters are pretty amusing.

David Axelrod claimed everything Mitt Romney said was a lie. Obama’s camp has said he was too busy campaigning to prepare, which would explain Obama’s presidency, because he’s been campaigning for the past four years. Al Gore, inventor of the Internet, must have had too much altitude himself when he said Obama wasn’t able to get acclimated to Denver’s eleva-

tion as the reason why the past four years couldn’t be defended.

Personally, I think Obama shouldn’t prep for debates by partying with Jay-Z and Beyoncé or shooting hoops with MJ and ‘Melo. Obama must think that no matter how he prepares, Romney will always be the one who’s “out of touch.”

Funny, I can’t remember relating much to the part-owner of the Brooklyn Nets or with two NBA players who, combined, are 19-time all-stars.

But hey, it doesn’t matter, right? Vice President Joe Biden will be able to make everyone forget about the shellacking Obama suffered last Wednesday night.

Good ol’ Joe has been around the political block before. After all, he was just in one of these four years ago! He’s very personable and has spoken to crowds numerous

times about his and Obama’s plan to turn the economy around. Biden only has two problems: First, you can’t rely on being personable in a debate. Second, we’re still waiting for their plans to kick in and get our economy going again.

Oh, and his opponent is Paul Ryan. So make that three problems for Biden, with that third problem being colossal.

Vice Presidential candidate and Congressman Paul Ryan knows our economy better than anyone in the entire country. You like going out to the bars with your friends? Paul Ryan likes economics. You exercise in your free time? Paul Ryan studies the economy in his. As the chairman of the House Budget Committee and the author of the House Republican’s budget proposal, “The Path to Prosperity,” Ryan is more than prepared to defend any position

he’s taken. It can be a tough pill to swallow, but Ryan’s proposed entitlement reform is the only serious reform anyone has crafted.

Having educated Obama during a healthcare summit a couple years back, Ryan shouldn’t have a problem with Uncle Joe. The arguments Joe Biden will have on tap will be “blaming the previous administration,” taxing the rich to solve our problems and simply trying to avoid his and Obama’s record. That’s all well and good, but that didn’t exactly work for Obama in his debate. In order for the media to declare Biden the victor, he simply needs to stay on his feet and hope that Paul Ryan loses the audience in numbers and equations.

Joe Biden debating economics against Paul Ryan is like Joe Biden debating economics against Paul Ryan. When the debate comes to the topic of the economy,

taxes, funding Obamacare or jobs, it’s almost comical just thinking about what might happen. Topics such as foreign policy, education and energy will come up as well. But as any poll will show you, and what you saw in the first presidential debate, Americans are more concerned about jobs and the economy. Let’s say Ryan is on his game like Romney was Wednesday night and Biden is having problems “adjusting to the altitude.” Biden will get shredded quicker than fraudulent financial records. Obviously that’s a worst-case scenario for Obama and Democrats alike, and is unlikely to happen. But then again, did anyone see the debate freight-train coming last Wednesday that was Mitt Romney?

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